Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

[Brisel]

Elyann oats sown 11/4/19 looking ok on gravel & clay.

Just for sh*ts and giggles, here’s a picture of the other end of the same field;

I can grow blackgrass with the best of you! This was taken out of cropping last year for a pollen & nectar plot. It’s a horrid boggy clay patch that doesn’t grow anything else.

 

[ZXR17]

Looks well , the oats don't look too bad either .

 

[Devon James]

Planting maize into the zones the Stripcat made eight days ago. Fingers crossed

 

[Devon James]

Early mix of turnips and forage rape going in today near Dartmoor.

 

[Fish]

Linseed enjoying the sun

 

[charlie@horizon]

I've just returned from a cracking trip around Scotland catching up with Claydon users.

This year all of the crops in Scotland are looking well regardless of how they were sown but I was really pleased with how the Claydon users have evolved the Claydon System to work so well in their conditions, several of whom are over 7 years of Claydon drilling with no cultivation. The spring barley crops are looking particularly strong having retained the moisture and will certainly give the 'one-pass' drills a run for their money.

Alan Maitland, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

Spring Barley, Near Elgin

The Claydon set up with Tony at McGregor Farms near Coldstream

Spring Barley Inverurie - Aberdeenshire

Winter Barley - Laurenckirk

McGregor Farms OSR - Coldstream

Spring Barley - Coldstream

Spring Barley Near Elgin

 

[Chae1]

I've just returned from a cracking trip around Scotland catching up with Claydon users.

This year all of the crops in Scotland are looking well regardless of how they were sown but I was really pleased with how the Claydon users have evolved the Claydon System to work so well in their conditions, several of whom are over 7 years of Claydon drilling with no cultivation. The spring barley crops are looking particularly strong having retained the moisture and will certainly give the 'one-pass' drills a run for their money.

Alan Maitland, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

Spring Barley, Near Elgin

The Claydon set up with Tony at McGregor Farms near Coldstream

Spring Barley Inverurie - Aberdeenshire

Winter Barley - Laurenckirk

McGregor Farms OSR - Coldstream

Spring Barley - Coldstream

Spring Barley Near Elgin

Are they as effective with leading disc instead of tines? Would be a bonus for us as rip up less stones? Have also read elsewhere it creates a drainage channel.

 

[juke]

Are they as effective with leading disc instead of tines? Would be a bonus for us as rip up less stones? Have also read elsewhere it creates a drainage channel.

Does better with the disc replacing the tine...
Only time ours sees the tine is for beans and osr.

 

[matthewizod]

Spring barley drilled 1st April, left side 4ha no till right 3ha conventional

Taken 13th may

 

[pine_guy]

Spring barley drilled 1st April, left side 4ha no till right 3ha conventional

Taken 13th may

Can’t see any difference in the crop from that photo. How does it walk?

 

[matthewizod]

Can’t see any difference in the crop from that photo. How does it walk?

The no till half is a more even compare the conventional side. No till came up a week slower but has caught up in the last week. Our first go at no till so surprised with the results.

This field is part of a Thames water sensitive water catchment field lab. Trialling no till vs conventional methods along side water courses, specifically phosphorus run off

 

[Wigeon]

Horsch metcalfe planet with DAP down the spout. Allegedly 160kgs residual N available so didn't do any more initially, but did dribble 35kgs on the other day.

 

[Tompkins]

Horsch metcalfe planet with DAP down the spout. Allegedly 160kgs residual N available so didn't do any more initially, but did dribble 35kgs on the other day.

What spacing is that? Looks to be filling in nicely.

 

[Brisel]

I've just returned from a cracking trip around Scotland catching up with Claydon users.

This year all of the crops in Scotland are looking well regardless of how they were sown but I was really pleased with how the Claydon users have evolved the Claydon System to work so well in their conditions, several of whom are over 7 years of Claydon drilling with no cultivation. The spring barley crops are looking particularly strong having retained the moisture and will certainly give the 'one-pass' drills a run for their money.

Alan Maitland, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

Spring Barley, Near Elgin

The Claydon set up with Tony at McGregor Farms near Coldstream

Spring Barley Inverurie - Aberdeenshire

Winter Barley - Laurenckirk

McGregor Farms OSR - Coldstream

Spring Barley - Coldstream

Spring Barley Near Elgin

Hi Charlie. Have McGregors just removed the leading tine on that drill? It's hard to see on that photo.

 

[Brisel]

Horsch metcalfe planet with DAP down the spout. Allegedly 160kgs residual N available so didn't do any more initially, but did dribble 35kgs on the other day.

Looks good, but hungry. I wouldn't expect all that residual N to be crop available - when did you test it & how much rain have you had since then? What's the target end market? 1.85N?

Mine got 150 kg/ha N as liquid split 50% on the sown seedbed & 50% pre tillering but that was after a decent yielding wheat followed by a non legume cover crop so I was expecting a SNS of 1 and little left in the soil.

 

[Wigeon]

What spacing is that? Looks to be filling in nicely.

25 cms. Would like closer but not an option really

 

[Wigeon]

Looks good, but hungry. I wouldn't expect all that residual N to be crop available - when did you test it & how much rain have you had since then? What's the target end market? 1.85N?

Mine got 150 kg/ha N as liquid split 50% on the sown seedbed & 50% pre tillering but that was after a decent yielding wheat followed by a non legume cover crop so I was expecting a SNS of 1 and little left in the soil.

Thanks, yes on contract for 1.85 so trying not to stuff it up. Agree re looking hungry. Not rained since last 35kgs went on though. Even so am tempted to give it a bit more

 

[Brisel]

Thanks, yes on contract for 1.85 so trying not to stuff it up. Agree re looking hungry. Not rained since last 35kgs went on though. Even so am tempted to give it a bit more

When was the last time you had rain?

 

[sjt01]

Drilling maize this week on irrigated ground after first cut grass, glyphosate before cutting. New middle section of the strip till converted from old 60" rotavator over winter. The wide joiner is so we can spray with 72" wheel spacing

 

[Case290]

Weaving Gd + Cambridge rolled
sb 450 seeds some gaps but due to drilling speed and a bit clumpy in places but happy enough.
no sprays other than round up Pre drilling. So far
No till I’m inn